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Recording Murder: Videos depicting homicide and the law?

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Recording Murder: Videos depicting homicide and the law? / Gillespie, Alisdair Allan.
Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion. ed. / Alan Reed; Michael Bohlander. London: Routledge, 2018. p. 174-192 (Substantive issues in Criminal Law).

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Gillespie, AA 2018, Recording Murder: Videos depicting homicide and the law? in A Reed & M Bohlander (eds), Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion. Substantive issues in Criminal Law, Routledge, London, pp. 174-192. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351016315

APA

Gillespie, A. A. (2018). Recording Murder: Videos depicting homicide and the law? In A. Reed, & M. Bohlander (Eds.), Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion (pp. 174-192). (Substantive issues in Criminal Law). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351016315

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Gillespie AA. Recording Murder: Videos depicting homicide and the law? In Reed A, Bohlander M, editors, Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion. London: Routledge. 2018. p. 174-192. (Substantive issues in Criminal Law). doi: 10.4324/9781351016315

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Gillespie, Alisdair Allan. / Recording Murder : Videos depicting homicide and the law?. Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion. editor / Alan Reed ; Michael Bohlander. London : Routledge, 2018. pp. 174-192 (Substantive issues in Criminal Law).

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